139 Pound Sturgeon Claimed to Be Largest Fish Ever Caught From New York Lake

139 Pound Sturgeon Claimed to Be Largest Fish Ever Caught From New York Lake
Researchers from Cornell University Biological Field Station with a 139 pound sturgeon caught at Oneida Lake, N.Y., on June 19, 2019. Courtesy of Cornell University Biological Field Station
Richard Szabo
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Researchers have caught what they believe to be one of the largest fish ever landed from an upstate New York lake on June 19.

A research team from Cornell University caught a sturgeon weighing 139 pounds at Oneida Lake, 136 miles west of Albany.

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